Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-03-01
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
FEBRUARY TERN. 1887.
COURT orricKRs

All can 80 70 tult Sare " o'SNa teN-
and yellow birch corners" said q youth
ia aitsnian, q solrt TO the DrxccRAr
last -esk lie referred TO the famous
Byroa Line Case which occupied the at.
isniion Of the Court for N. en,ire week.
The doek', ,n,y GA this case IL as
fo'lo-s:
279. stephen Taylor W. David X.
Hastings. DAVID Hsmmon'. AlmOa
Yoabs. Peter X YOang. Charles Rankin.
Daniel Hilion. EbensEsr 7. Nu,,sr.
Walter h. Natter. and Henry Natter
This vas avn, Of entry TO recover
from The defendants possession 81 10, No.
: in rang, Is in the town Of Byron.
The defendants BY their Plesdins'.
plead The gensfsl ISSUE, and by brief
statement. di,cl.imed any title or posses
.ion 10 the westerly half o. said lot. ba,
Do claim title AID possession to the east
srly bali u aid LOT.
The pl.iniid il farmer. tad an actual
settler IN ID, tosn Of ByrOa.
The d,isudan,. are prominsni sen,le-
men in he Coaniis. Of Oxford and Cum
befl.nl. sad are the owners Of some Is
600 acre. % timber land in the town By
roa.
The zeal question a, ISSUE VI. a. 10 an
alleged missing range. The Plain,if
claimed 70 osn 70, Ia range Is aud the
dsiend.ni. claimed title TO 10, :. RAG.
10. aud ,A., the eastern half Of THAT the
plaintiff claimed a. 10, :, range is. ~. IN
ruth and ia fact 10, :. range 10.
The io-n -. lO,isd out BY one Sll.'
Thorla. in 1907. and il -. s,idsn, &c
Ill that Tie loi. we're very irresular Ia
,hsp. AID ia s'is. A. actually marked up
IN The surface Of The earth. Lots Ia
some ranges contained from so TO SO
ser.. While an adjoining range had lots
containing nsAfly 200 acre..
There -efe 81 range. in io-n. aud 81
ssr,el that all range lines sxosp, too,
via. 49, the lice be,-een 10 and 20. and
20 ssd 81. extended across the io-n
.ni 70 further eOmPlie.,s matters. A.
The Old ,o-n Pl.r' 'ho-sd each 70, 10 b
q sqgL ,if-, and square, siesP, The sof'
o'.
Rage rs. a. claimed by the pl.in,ia
-. oas Of the -ite rsng,.. snd plain
tih , 10, :. fasge Is. a. claimed by him
couiainsd about 80 acres, AID s,idene'
u.s. iniroiaeed 70 ,ho- that IL bad 30 ,r
is,sd .nl teen % understood BY se,ilsr
and land osn,r. until 1855. ~hsa hon
John LyneA. -ho Is dsfsatsnt' sraaiof
scot Hon Noah Barker 10 reusee sn'
~ $40, The line. around his timber lo,'
Mr.. Barker soon found this ~ide range
Is. and falling 70 fad satisfactory range
cas-, q The ranse line which The settler
bad called The line dividing snge II
from 10. decided in hi. mind that Thor
IA. IN hs oiiginal survey. bad nesleeie'
70 mark upon The face Of the earth %
rasg. lac between range' Is and 10
and concluded iha, The missing rsng
oeloas,d ia the een;re Of the vide rang
TIA, plaintiff called range Is. III
therefore proceeded TO 'Pli, this vide tie
Of lots. sad did actually divide Il by
line Of spotted trees and mOnumsnu. =
nlking the YES, bali. range IS. and u
east bali. range 10. and % retained h
work TO Mr. Lyneh.
The plAiniif eoa,sntsd TIA, there 90
10 missing rsnge. that ange is ~s
vide range. and introduced the test
mony Of three Surveyors. VIZ (: Hon. Ra
fus Prinee, S,illma- A Reed. Esq , a.
Silas NJ Locke. AID also the tes,lmon
Of John Iloashion and other old rs'iden,
q Byroa. also produced sections Of Of
spotted trees. 70 show that cas-, Of hi
eide range vas vel defined. origins
spotted rsage line. which dsfendsn,
disressrdsd. Plaintiff also Introduce
testimony 70 show that AL early settler
settled and cleared lots in this -id
range. 10 the line claimed by plain,if
and ,hA, !, wn always 90 undsn,oo
until Mr.. Barker appeared on the seen
in 1865.
The defendant. relied msinly upon ID
work Of Noah Barker in 1865. and ID
testimony Of Hon. William Douglass
Who bad teen apPOin,sd BY The Court
former suit. also upon Old line trees.
The case vas opsned 20 the jury Mon
day morning. snd Judge Foster haishe
bis charge al three o'clock. ?. n. the foI
lo-iug Saturday.
The Jury returned . verdict for ID
plainiif. stephen Taylor, aud also re
turned = special 6ndins tia, all OF lo' Z
as claimed by the plaintiff, VAS IN rang
Is. and 20, in range 10. +" claimed b
the defendants.
Il also spPear by the Court record
that ia 1854. the defendants ia this "a
broash, an action assins, this plsia,i
10 recover for the value Of the timber ca
by Taylor on the land in dispute. Tbs
the action vi. referred by rule Of Court
AMI that the referee. returned = verde
o. some $500 sgsin., Taylor. This cas-
Is reported in The 18th M.ins-Na,,sr
ali Va Taylor.
What COW appears complicated to ID
average si,iIen !, the fac, thu, the de
fendani. ia the action above meat once
have = Judgment sgsins, Taylor for tim
Der cut on land which the jury nov ta'
wa, bis o~n.
The defendants ia the present suit vi
carry The CAS-. 10 the Law Court, askinI
tia, the verdict Be .e, aside. As bein,
ss,ins, the evidence.
The plaintiff Tsylor' case VAS eOu
Quoted BY Hon. George ID. Bi.bse. Tn
defence vas ably represented by Hon
David X. Hss,ins', Hon. David Ham
moss. and Hoo. John z. svasey.
The case Is regarded /. one Of n
most imporan, and ho,ly.eonisstsd civ
cases ever tired in the county. as thi
may settle other cares.